Power to borrow

With the sanction of the Chief Commissioner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, a Gaon Sabha may borrow money from the Government to carry out any of the purposes of this Act or the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954. (1) Before issue of ballot paper, the Polling Officer shall satisfy himself about the identity of the elector of his right to vote at the Polling Station. And in case of doubt, the Polling Officer shall report to the Presiding Officer who shall hold a summary enquiry into the matter. If after the enquiry, the Presiding Officer is of the opinion that the person concerned is not an elector, he shall not be issued the ballot paper and shall be asked to leave the Polling Station; otherwise the ballot paper shall be issued to him. The decision of the Presiding Officer in this respect shall be final. A note of every such case where the ballot paper is not issued shall be kept by the Presiding Officer. (2) Every elector about whose identity the Presiding Officer or the Polling Officer, as the case may be, is satisfied., shall allow (a) his left fore-finger to be inspected by the Presiding Officer or any Polling Officer; and (b) an indelible ink mark to be put on his left fore-finger. (3) If any elector refuses to allow his left fore-finger to be inspected or marked in accordance with sub-rule (2) or has already such a mark on his left fore-finger or persists in doing any act with a view to remove such indelible ink mark, he shall not be supplied with any ballot paper or allowed to vote. (4) Any reference in this rule to the left fore-finger of an elector shall, where the elector has no left fore-finger be construed as a reference to any other finger of his left hand and shall, in the case where all the fingers of his left hand are missing, be construed as a reference to the fore-finger or any other finger of his right hand, and shall, where all his fingers of both the hands are missing, be construed as a reference to such extremity of his left or right arm as he possesses. (5) Every elector shall be issued a separate ballot paper for each of the offices of the Pradhan, Member of the Gaon Panchayat and of the Circle Panchayat. Immediately before their delivery to an elector the Ballot papers shall be stamped with the official mark, and the number, name and description of the elector as stated in the roll called be out and the number in the electoral roll of the elector shall be entered on the counterfoils of the ballot paper concerned and his signature or a rolled impression of his left thumb shall be obtained in such counterfoils and the entry relating to the voter concerned shall be scored off in its entirety in the copy of the electoral roll and will be initialled by the official concerned so as to denote that he has received the ballot paper or papers.